SB 436 
.N6 
1916 
Copy 1 



'SB 436 

N6 
1916 
'Copy 1 



" KNOW YOUR CITY " 



TREES 




Photo by J. K. HiUers, 1913. 
A Woodland Vista Come to Town North Sixth Street (North from Sussex Avenue) 

Presented to the children of Newark by the Board of Education and the Shade 
Tree Commission. Prepared by Carl Bannwart, Secretary of the Shade Tree Com- 
mission. 



ARBOR DAY. NINETEEN SIXTEEN 



ROUNDING UP OUR TREES 



We object to having the trees left out. If this is to be a jubilee 
year for the people of Newark, we propose that the trees also shall be 
feted. They were here first — they held their ground through all the city's 
changes and there are more of them more beloved by more people at this 
time than ever. Yes, the trees should be celebrated. 

We can "put this over" if the children of Newark help. What 
do we want? We want pictures — we are crying for pictures — photo- 
graphs of trees in blossom, in fruit ; photographs of trees with foliage and 
without; trees in yards, trees on streets, perfect trees and crippled trees; 
the roots of trees, bark of trees, varying characteristics of trees, the trees 
as they look celebrating Lincoln's Birthday, Fourth of July, Columbus Day 
and Christmas. We want pictures — we are crying for pictures. 

What We Propose to Do? 

This is a big job. We can't do it unless the teachers and boys and 
girls help. Will })ou help? Will you get your cameras ready to take 
these snapshots of our tree neighbors? We intend to publish a pamphlet 
containing the best descriptions and the best photographs, together with 
the names of the pupils who forward them and the schools to which they 
belong. Thus we will have a directory of the trees of the city. "Hello, 
'Information,' what's the number of the big Plane, Military Park?" 
"The big Plane is 'Circumference' 13 party DK." See? "Thank you. 
Central! 'The voice with a smile wins'." 

What You Can Do? 

We want the pedigree of the tree, too ; the age, the height, the 
circumference, the diameter; when the tree is in blossom and when in 
fruit ; when the leaves come out in the Spring and drop in the Autumn ; 
and where the tree is located, street and number. If in a park, give 
name of park and exact location of tree therein. If you know a good 
quotation that fits the tree or an interesting incident, send that too. What 
does your favorite poet think of trees — your favorite painter? You will 
find that every great and good man loved trees. See what Washington 
and Lincoln, Columbus, Gladstone, Garibaldi and Bismarck, Gifford 
Pinchot and Theodore Roosevelt thought or think of trees. If you do 
not know the name of a good specimen tree, write us the precise location 
and we will name it for you. 

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AUG 15 1916 



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If you have a photograph of a noteworthy Iree, send it with a letter 
to the Shade Tree Commission, City Hall, Newark, N. J. 

There are seven particulars we would like to have: (1) a photo- 
graph, (2) precise location, (3) common name, (4) height, (5) spread 
of crown, (6) diameter, and (7) circumference of trunk four feet above 
the ground. If you can give us all the particulars mentioned in paragraph 
four on page two of this leaflet we would welcome them. Here is a 
sample letter: 



398 11th Street, Newark, N. 
April 14. 1906. 



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Dear Shade Tree Commission: 

I enclose a photograph of a tree in our street. This map shows you just where it is. 



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I live at 398 11th Street, a few doors south of Central Avenue, and the tree is in 

front of our side yard. It is a maple tree, about ft. high, the head is about 

ft. wide, and flattened on the east side because, I suppose, there used to be a 

house on the lot. The trunk, four feet above ground, is ft. in diameter and 

ft. in circumference. 

This tree is handsomer than anv tree for many blocks. It bears blossoms in the 

Spring and keys in the Summer. One of the keys was inches long. Its leaves 

give a speckled shade. It was planted by my father in 1893. 

If you ever want to take a census of Newark's birds, I can send you some figures 
as to the population of our maple tree, together with some facts as to the characters 
of the families. 

Yours for the Tree Census, 

John Brown, So. 8th St. School. 

Then let us join hands to compile this directory of the trees of 
Newark before Christmas Day, 1916. Here's a long life to "Note- 
worthy Trees of Newark. Listed by the children of the Public Schools 
of Newark, in the Quarto-Millenial Year. A labor of love for the Trees 
entered upon on Arbor Day, April 14, 1916." 

NEWARK SHADE TREE COMMISSION. 



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NOTEWORTHY 



I. TREES OF HISTORIC INTEREST 





Common and Botanic Name 


LofcATlON 


Reported by 


School 


Height 


1 


American Elm 

Ulmus Americana 
Belleville Elm 


Military Park 
Opp. East Park St. 


Frank L. Driver 


Lawrence St. 


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2 


American Elm 

Ulmus Americana 


East of Belleville Ave. 
Opp. Car Barns 


Robert Burns 


Eliot 




a 


Shagbark Hickory 
Carya Ovata 

Centennial I,inden 


95 Clinton Ave. 


Louis V. Aronson 


Old Clinton 














4 


American Linden 
Tilia Americana 
Doane Memorial Oak 


Parker St. 
See Abington Ave. 


Daniel Noonan 






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Red Oak 

Quercus Rubra 


lyincoln Park 
N. E. of Drinking Fount. 


James A. Berry 


Newark High 




6 


"Vanderpool Memorial Oak" 
Red Oak 

Quercus Rubra 


Branch Brook Park 

Clifton Ave., opposite 

Nesbit St. 


Alonzo Church 


Newark Academy 




7 


White Oak 
Quercus Alba 


401 Mt. Prospect Ave. 


George Matthews 


Summer Ave. 




8 


Plane (Buttonwood) 
Platanus Occidentalis 


Military Park 
Opp. New St. 


Charles G. Titsworth 


Market St. 




9 


Plane 

Platanus Occidentalis 


Washington Park 
Opp. Halsey St. 


Marcus L. Ward 


U. S. Grant 




10 


Tulip 

Tulipifera Liriodendron 


438 Ridge St. 


Susan Hayes Ward 


Lucy Larcum 




11 


Black Walnut 


Doane Park 


B. M. Shanley, Jr. 


Washington St. 






Juglans Nigra 











II. TREES OF SPECIAL BOTANIC INTEREST 

(a) Street Trees and Park Trees (Individual) 



COMMON & BOTANIC 




COMMON & BOTANIC 




NAME 


LOCATION 




NAME 


LOCATION 


12 Ailanthus 


32 New St. 


29 


Maidenhair Tree 


78 Sixth St. 


Ailanthus Glandu- 




30 


Sour Gum 


Branch Brook Park — 


losa 






Nyssa Sylvatica 


Ablugtou av. entr. 


13 " 


159 Plane St. 


31 


Sweet Gum 




14 White Ash 


Military Park 




Liquidambar Styra- 


Branch Brook Park — 


Fraxinus Americana 






cifli.ra 


Hiillantiue pkwy entr. 


15 


Washington Park 


32 


" " 


Willuughby st. 


16 Copper Beech 


White Terrace 


33 


Hemlocks 


Tiffany blvd. riv. bank 


Pagus Atropurpurea 






Tsuga Canadensis 




17 " 


368-422 Mt. Prospect av. 


34 


Horse Chestuut 


Military Pk. nr. Trinity 


18 Catalpa 


Military Park 




Aesculus Hippocas- 




Catalpa speeiosa 






tanum 




19 "Lebkuecher Elms" 


160 Clinton av. 


35 


American Linden 


Military Park 


American Elm 






Tilia Americana 




Ulmus Americana 




36 


Tilia Americana 


Washington Park 


20 


Ill Court St. 


37 


Tilia Americana 


85 Cliuton av. 


21 


757 High St. 


38 


Tilia Americana 


37 Lincoln Park 


22 


776 High St. 


39 


Silver Linden 


North 7th st. 


23 


107 Emmett st. 




Tilia Argentea 




24 


Heller Parkway 


M) 


Ilouey Locust 


112 2d av. 


25 


"Old Bloomfield Rd." 




Gleditsia Trian- 




26 English Elm 


333 Mt. Prospect av. 




canthos 




Ulmus Campestris 




41 


Box Elder 




27 Weeping Elm 


1st av. c. 4th St. 




Ash-leaved Maple 


227 So. 16th St. 


Ulmus Americana 






Acer Neguudo 




28 Maidenhair Tree 


215 Mt. Prospect av. 


42 


Norway Maple 


921 So. 15th St. 


Ginkgo 






Acer Platanoides 




Salisburia biloba 




43 


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57 Park av. 



* That exacting mentor, Space, allows this list to show but comparatively few out of all 
the trees deserving special mention. The list was compiled at the last moment in response to 
some belated requests. Of course all possible care was exercised; nevertheless, in the short 
time available for preparation, inaccuracies may have crept in. We shall welcome all correc- 
tions. 



TREES OF NEWARK 




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c„^™j „* ■ Circumf. 1 Diameter 




When 


in Blossom? When in Fruit? 


1 


Crown 


of Trunk | of Trunk 
Four ft. above ground 


Planted 




Quotation or Incident 
By Whom Planted 


Photo Taken? 














Summer 1908 








1828 




Summer 1911 








1876 




Summer 1911 








1907 












1903 














1840 









COMMON & BOTANIC 




COMMON & BOTANIC 




NAME 


LOCATION 




NAME 


LOCATION 


44 Norway Maple 


21 Poinier st. 


63 


Persimmon 


Bergen nr Chancellor av 


45 " 


750 Clinton av. Girard 




Diospyros Virginiana 






pl. side 


64 


" " 


400 ft. w. of Park av. 


46 " 


Parker st., Bfld.-2d avs. 






entr. to Br. Bk. Pk. 


47 Red Maple 


Orange Park 


65 


" " 


576 Summer av., Chea- 


Acer Rubrum 








ter-El wood avs. 


48 •' 


Cth St. c. 6th av. 


66 


Plane 




49 " 


X\0 Roseville av. 




Platanus Ccciden- 




50 " 


Sanford nwc. Abbotsf'd 




talis 


401 Plane st. 


51 Rock Maple 


Mt. Prospect av. e. s. 


67 


Carolina Poplar 


396 Clinton av. 


Acer Saccharum 






Populus deltoides 




52 " 


Washington Park 




var. Carolinensis 




53 Mulberry 


Military Park 








Morus alba 




HH 


" " 


44 No. 6th St. 


54 " 


S Richmond st. 


69 


" " 


358 Park av. 


55 Pin Oak 


Court St. 


70 


" " 


So. 10th. 13th-S. O. avs. 


Quercus palustrls 




71 


Lombardy Poplar 


Belmont av. w. s. nr. 


56 " 


Heller pkwy nr. Grafton 






Waverly av. 


57 


.Madison av. ns. 16-17 


72 


Tulip 


306 Sanford av. 


58 " 


Sec, Maple & Chancellor 




Liriodendron Tulipi- 




59 White Oak 


Hawthorne op. Reeves 




fera 




Quercus alba 




73 


" " 


Summer pl. op. school 


60 Osage Orange 


Weequahic Pk. opp. 


74 


Bl.ick Walnut 


Chancellor nr. Bergen 


Toxylon pouiferum 


Weequahic av. 




Juglans ulsra 




61 Paulownia Impe- 




75 


Weeping Willow 


Playeeld Section, 


rialls 


■"71 Warren st. 




Salix Babylonica 


Branch Brook Park 


62 " 


211 So. Orange av. 


76 




Clark's Isld., Br. Bk. Pk. 



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(b) Yard Trees 



COMMON & BOTANIC 
NAME 


LOCATION 


COMMON & BOTANIC 
NA.ME 


LOCATION 


77 White Ash 


2d av., Clifton aT.- 


00 Magnolia 


109 Clinton av. 


Frasinus Americana 


Ridge St. 




M. Soulangeana 




78 American Beech 


1-16 -Jd av. 


97 


Magnolia 


56 Ahington av. 


Fagus ferni;;luea 






M. stcllMta 


(Ward l>t.) 


79 Copper Beech 


Mt. Prospect av. 


98 


Magnoli.i (cucumber^ 


Clinton av. nwc. 20th st 


Fagus Atropurpurea 


.1. Wm. Clark Est. 




M. acuminata 




80 


Clinton av. llth-lith sts. 


99 


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So. 18th St. nr. 11th av. 


81 


1-U Sti-atford pi. 


100 


Sycamore Maples 


Clifton av. n. of 2d av. 


82 Cut-leaf Beech 


Nwc. May st. & Lincoln 




Pseudo-platanus 




Fagus querlcoldes 


av. 


101 


" " 


Seymour av. nwc. Haw- 


83 Cut -leaf Birch 


328 Parker st. 






thorne av. 


Betula alba 




102 


Pin Oak 


368 Clinton av. 


84 Box 


353 Broad st. 




Quercus palustrls 




Buxus sempervlrens 




103 


White Oak 


472 Uidge st. 


85 Catalpa 


119 Milford av. 




Quercus alba 




CatMlpa speciosa 




104 


Paulowuia Impe- 


Mt. Prospect av. 


86 Wild Cherry 


2d av. n. side w. of 




rialis 


J. Wm. Clark Est. 


Pruiuis serntina 


Parker st. 


105 


" " 


So. Orange av. 


87 Keufy Coffee Tree 


-19 Washington st. 


106 


H It 


277 Mt. Prospect av. 


Gyninix-ladus diviea 




107 


Paw paw 


Pine Grove ter. in gully 


88 Flowering Dogwood 


Madison av. nwc. So. 




Asimina triloba 




Cornus tlorida 


ICtb St. 


108 


Pine 


Summer av. & Carteret 


89 Bald Cypress 


Demarest St., Haw- 




Pinus strobus 


St.. Sec. 


Taxodium distlchum 


tliorne-Nye avs. 


109 


Plane 


Bragaw av. nee. Dem- 


90 American Elm 


105 Bergeu st. 




Plata uus Occlden- 


arest St. (vac. lot) 


tJlmus Americana 






talis 




91 English Elm 


Nursery St., Wakeman- 


110 


Lomhardy Poplar 


Nee. Clinton av. & 


Uluius eampestria 


Snmmer avs. 




Populus nigra 


Halsey st. 


92 Evergreens 


Chancellor av., Ward 


in 


" 


Halsey St. east side 




Estate 


112 


Sassafras 


Heller parkway. Lake 


93 Ginkgo 


Lincoln av. e. Elwood 




Sassafras officinale 


st.-De< !ra w av. 


Salisliurla biloba 


av. iChurch) 


113 


Tulips 


475 Mt. Prospect av. 


94 Hickory 


Nee. Mt. Prospect av. & 




Liriodendron Tulip- 




Carya Ovata 


Arlington av. steps 




ifera 




95 Honey Locust 


Normal School c. Belle- 


114 


" " 


Triton ter. 


Gledltchia trlancan- 


ville & 4th avs. 








thos 


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115 


White Birches 


2d av. n. of Ridge st. 


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125 


Horse Chestnuts 


102 Milford av. 




Betula popullfolia 




120 


American Lindens 


Clinton pi., Renner- 


116 


" " 


3d av., Mt. Prospect- 


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Tilia Americana 


Lvous avs. 






Cliftou avs. 


,127 


" " 


Highland a v. n. of Ab- 


117 


American Elms 


Bathgate pi. 






ington av. 




Ulmus Americana 




128 


Magnolias 


Goldsmith av. nr. Clin- 


118 


" " 


Alpine st. 




M. Soulangeana var. 


ton pi. 


119 




Elwood-Summcr-Lincoln 




speciosa 








avs. 


129 


Norway Maples 


Schley St., Hawthorne- 


120 


" " 


No. 5th nr. Sussex av. 




Acer Platanoides 


Nye avs. 


121 




Meeker av., Elizabeth- 
Freliughuysen avs. 


130 


Red Maples 


Roseville av., 6th-7th 
avs. 


122 


" " 


3d av.. Belleville-Mt. 


131 


" " 


6th St. nr. Roseville av. 






Prospect avs. 


132 


" " 


S. 11th St. nr. Gould av 


123 


Horse Chestnuts 


Alpine St., .Johnson- 


133 


Silver Maples 


Lincoln av. 




Aesculus Hippocas- 


Elizabeth avs. 




Acer saceharinum 






tanum 




134 


Planes 


Montgomery av. near 


124 




Howard St., So. Orange- 
av. -Warren st. 


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Platauus Occiden- 
talis 


Cliuton av. 



(d) Trees (and shrubs) in many varieties and of all ages, sizes, etc. 

The City Parks and Parkways, including Washington, Lincoln, Military, Liberty 
Square and twenty-five other small plots. (Lincoln Park was planted in about 
1862.) The County Parks, including Branch Brook, Weequahic, East Side, West 
Side, Riverbank Parks. These are under the care of the Essex County Park Com- 
mission. The Cemeteries — Mt. Pleasant, Fairmount, Woodland. Extensive, well- 
planted private grounds, the Banister Estate, Roseville Avenue, the Peck Estate, 
the Clark Estate, Mt. Prospect Avenue, the Holzhauer Estate, Sec. High and Spruce 
Streets, the Halsey Estate, Sec. Mt. Prospect and Second Avenues, Nurseries. 



CLASS III. YOUNG PLANTINGS 



(A few of the streets planted by the Shade Tree Commission — these can usually be 
distinguished by the tree guard and stake.) 



NORWAY MAPLES 

Summer Ave. — Sp. 1905 

Garside St.— F. 1906 

Nairn PI.— Sp. 1907 

Miliington Ave.— Sp. 1907 

North 2nd St.— Sp. 1908 

North 3rd St.— Sp. 1908 and 1911 

North 4th St.— Sp. 1907 and 1914 

North 5th St.— Sp. 1907 and 1909 

North 6th St.— Sp. 1908 and 1911 

North 7th St.— Sp. 1908 and 1915 

South 6th St.— Sp. 1907 

South 7th St.— F, 1906 

South 8th St.— F, 1905 and Sp. 1911 

South 9th St.— F. 1906 

South 10th St.— Sp. 1907 and 1909 

ORIENTAL PLANES 
Waverly Ave.— Sp. 1907 
Sussex Ave.— Sp. 1908 
14th Ave.— F. 1907 and Sp. 1914 
Dickerson St.— Sp. 1908 
South Orange Ave. 

ELMS 

Clinton Ave.— Sp. 1905 
Fairmount Ave. — Sp. 1906 
Littleton Ave. — Sp. 1906 
Elizabeth Ave.— Sp. 1908 
Meeker Ave.— Sp. 1908 



RED AND PIN OAKS 

Mt. Prospect Ave.— Sp. 1906 
Fabyan PI.— Sp. 1909 
Ridge St.— Sp. 1909 

LINDENS 

Wainwright St.— Sp. 1910 

GINKGOS 

East Kinney St.— Sp. 1905 
Astor St.— Sp. 1907 
Emmett St.— Sp. 1907 

HORSE CHESTNUTS 
Shaw Ave.— Sp. 1911 

TULIPS 

Hillside Ave.— Sp. 1908 
Seymour Ave.— Sp. 1909 

BOLLEANA POPLARS 
Tichenor St.— F. 1906 

LOMBARDY POPLARS 

Pennington St.— Sp. 1908 
Fulton St.— F. 1906 

ASH-LEAVED MAPLES 

Arlington Ave.— F. 1907 
Wakeman Ave.— F. 1907 



Within the limits of Newark we have thoroughfares, bordered with all that is rich 
in plant life gathered from every quarter of the globe. In these and in our environs, 
the Oranges, and Montclair, may be seen rare landscape effects; choicest plants 
arranged in exquisite setting, unfolding their seasonal succession of varying blooms. 
Within a few miles from Newark's center the student of botany may study the life 
histories of all the trees, shrubs, and flowers capable of thriving in the temperate 
zone. There is, then, no reason why any Essex County boy or girl, man or woman, 
may not view the very best in the plant kingdom; one thing only can hinder, and 
that is to walk through our streets and parks with shut eyes — or shut heart. 




Photo Sunday Call, June 1913. 

ALONG THE COOI,, SEQUKSTERED, SHADED WAY. 
Third Avenue— Maples and Elms Planted Some Thirty Years Ago. 




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Compare these two pictures. Would you care to live in a world 
without trees? What if some wicked sprite with power malign should 
go through this street some summer night when all good people were 
asleep in bed ; and what if that sprite with a wave of his wand should 
transform these trees to sheep and send them scurrying in fear, far, far 
from this their habitat? And in the morning when the sleepers awoke, 
behold the street wan and ashamed in its nakedness, denuded of its trees, 
degraded and abased ! 

How would })ou feel about it? Wouldn't you feel then, as never 
before, what a blessing and a boon these trees had been? "Blessings 
brighten as they take their flight," you know. Be wise and appreciate 
your blessings while they're yet with you. Enjoy these trees and thank 
the Divine Planter for them. Be thankful for these and for all trees. 

And not only "be ye thankful" for the trees but have a care for 
them. Certainly, city trees need care. They are not living the simple 
life of their cousins in the country, but the artificial life of the town; 
and so they need the townsman's care. Moreover, they're entitled to the 
townsman's care. For him they bloom and blossom; for him they give 
their shade; for him they clothe the humdrum man-made street in beauty. 

Deal thou toward them with like kindness, that thy reward may be 
with thee, even the reward of upreared trunks and spreading boughs and 
leafy crowns and streets umbrageous and lawns bedecked and grace-girt 
homes. Look at the page following; and let the picture tell what comes 
of Caring for Trees. See that fine Elm on the next page — also its 
neighbor trees. These trees have been "cared for." 



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Photo J. K. Millers, 1914. 
The I,ebkuecher Elm — 160 Clinton Avenue. About Seventy-five years young. 

How shall you care for trees? Well, for one thing, the roots need air and water; 
these are vital essentials. The trees can't get these unless the ground surface at the base 
is kept bared. Think of a walk concreted or flaggd close up to the trunk of a tree! 
Torture! How would you like to be compelled on a hot summer's day to have your 
lovely neck encased in a collar made of concrete, a tight fit, too, and pressing on your 
windpipe, your Adam's apple? What? Why, you'd surely be heard from. No; you 
wouldn't, either. You wouldn't have breath enough to peep. 

And I'd like to see you try to drink a glass of water under the circumstances; 
you'd just gag and choke. No breath of air or drop of water for you till that tight-fit 
concrete, granite collar was removed. And so it is, be assured, with the trees. Now, 
it may be that you young people can have nothing to do directly in this matter of main- 
taining enough bared space at the bases of the trees; but you can help by bringing your 
influence to bear and by preaching the gospel of "Caring for the Trees." 




AMERICAN ELM {Ulmus Americana) 



A flowering branch. 

A flower. 

Vertical section of a flower. 

A stamen, front and rear views. 

Vertical section of a pistil. 

An ovule, magnified. 



C. .>. ^>argcnt. 



A fruiting branch 

8. Vertical section of a fruit. 

9. A seed. 

10. Vertical section of a seed. 

11. An embryo. 

12. A summer branch. 

13. A winter branch. 



Another thing. And in this you can act directly. Keep the soil about your tree 
well loosened. The benefits to the tree are many. Among other things, it helps the air 
to get to the roots. Remember, the roots musl have air, and plenty of it. Then, 
especially in dry, hot w^ealher, water the soil bountifully. For the roots musl have water, 
too, remember. Air and Water — Air and Water — Air and Water; do you get it? 
Well, hold on to it. As old Cap'n Cuttle would say, "Make a note on't, and act 
accordin'." See that ])our tree, at least, has its proper amount of air and water; and 
try, tactfully of course, to bring about the same happy existence for other trees. 



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AND THE TREE SPAKE AND SAID: 



I am a tree. 

I am the handiwork of the Creator. 

I am here by His appointment. 

I am for the service of His creatures, chiefly man. 

From man's entrance into the world until his departure out of it I am his 
servant and benefactor. 

I make the cradle wherein his infancy is rocked and the staff whereon his 
age doth lean. 

I build the home wherein his loved are sheltered; I make his hearth to 
glow with cheerful flame. I build his schools and churches, his hos- 
pitals and asylums. I build the places of assembly where he fore- 
gathers in fellowship with his kind. 

On land and sea man needeth me. I build the ships that sail his seas, the 
boats that navigate his rivers, the vehicles that traverse his highways. 
I carry him hither and yon and bring to his door the products of all 
climes. I build his depots and his bams, his storehouses and his 
granaries, his marts of commerce and exchange. In all the myriad 
ways in which lumber is of use I am of service unto man. 

I am to man for beauty, shade and shelter; for warmth and coolness; for 
fresh air and living water; for food and health and wealth and larger 
life. 

That's me — I am a tree. 




HONEY LOCUST— SECOND AVENUE, COR. CLIFTON. 




Photo New York Botanical Gardens. 

a. A statninate or sterile flower. d. A fruit. 

b. A perfect flower. e. A seed. 

c. Vertical section of a pistil, showing seeds. f. An embryo. 

Have you an eye for form, for beautiful outlines and delicate traceries? Look at 
the pictures on pages II, 15 and 1 7. Here are lines of grace, surely, and tracings of 
a fairy hand — nay, of a Divine hand. How beautiful is God! How beautiful are all 
His works! But we're showing these pictures not for beauty's sake alone, but also because 
they are instructive. Study them. The study will awaken desire to know more, and yet 
more, about trees. The more you come to know of trees, the more you'll come to love 
them. And whatsoever you truly love, you take care of without urging. If you want to 
know more about trees (and more about how to "care for " them) perhaps the Shade 
Tree Commission could arrange with your principal to give you lectures on the subject 
from time to time. 




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RED OAK {Qtiercus Rubra). 



C. S. Sargent. 



A flowering branch. 

A staminate flower. 

A stamen, front and rear view. 

A pistillate infloresence. 

A pistillate flower. 



C. Pistillate flower, involucre removed. 
7. Vertical section of a pistillate 

flower before fecundation. 
8 & 9. A leaf. 



On pages 14 and 16, see other pictures of trees in rows. The Maples of Ridge 
Street, the Oaks of Mt. Prospect Avenue, comparatively new plantings. See when they 
were set out or planted and when these pictures were taken. How old were they? 
Haven't they grown well? Do you see that strip of sod in which the trees are set — 
that strip between walk and curb, running the length of the block? We call that a 
"Tree Bell." That has aided the thrift of these trees immensely. No need to go into 
minute explanation of the "how" and "why" of this. A little reflection on your part 
will show how and why. Remember what we said just now about Air and Water. 
Think it out. And get in line for Tree Belts; praise Tree Belts; practice Tree Belts. 



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Photo MacBride 1915. 



THE TIDES OF LIFE FLOW ON, FLOW ON 
Military Park — To and from the "Tube." 



A stranger coming into Newark for the first time, and coming by 
the "Tube," gets his first impression of the town from Mihtary Park, 
as in the picture on page 18. According to the proverb, "First impres- 
sions are the most lasting." How nice then to give "the stranger enter- 
ing within our gates" so pleasant a first impression of Newark. 

WHY SHADE TREES? 
BECAUSE 

Trees make for Beauty, Shade, Coolness and Health. 

A City of Beauty, Shade, Coolness and Health attracts new residents. 

So trees make for growth in property values. 

Trees put a bit of God's country into your street. 

Trees make your home more homelike; and this is better than fine gold. 

A City of homelike homes is a city beloved. 

Which is another way of saying: trees make for civic patriotism. 

NEWARK SHADE TREE COMMISSION. 




Photo Carl Bannwart, March 1915. 

When Winter Spreads His Robe of White on Ballantine Parkway. 



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Photo Kuglcr Park Scene in Winter. 

Just one more picture to greet you. See it here. Winter in Branch Brook Park. 
The Snow King here on all things round hath spread his raiment white and glistering. 
How much the effect of this charming scene depends on that tree in the foreground and 
those in the middle distance. Imagine these trees taken out of the picture; what a breach 
that would make in its beauty! So, trees are not only beautiful in themselves, but the 
cause of beauty in other things. 



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